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<blockquote data-quote="superczar" data-source="post: 2025580" data-attributes="member: 281"><p>Tell me about it man</p><p>I have 2 HTPCs and a bunch of WD/Seagate media player devices gathering dust in a closet</p><p></p><p>Does RPi2 match a stand-alone HTPC in terms of PQ and SQ?</p><p>PQ - a definite Yes (unless you believe in heavy post processing)</p><p>AQ- Yes, assuming you are going to connect it in HDMI pass through mode to a AV receiver</p><p>If you intend to use analog out, you will need a good USB DAC as the analog out on the Rpi is quite poor</p><p></p><p>On a more subjective note, I have developed quite a strong preference for the Rpi setup over the old windows based setup as it does not involve any tweaking/restarts/odd bug & hiccups - Just pick the remote and watch</p><p>At the same time, it does not have the limitations of a hard coded media player box</p><p></p><p>Cannot comment on Dolby True HD simply coz my own AV receiver is not equipped to process that so never tried</p><p></p><p>On a side note, I strongly agree with Viveks' point above on using a NAS</p><p>I personally discarded an old linux server box to switch to a separate Rpi based file server and have had no regrets since - Your existing USB HDDs would plug into it without a hiccup</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="superczar, post: 2025580, member: 281"] Tell me about it man I have 2 HTPCs and a bunch of WD/Seagate media player devices gathering dust in a closet Does RPi2 match a stand-alone HTPC in terms of PQ and SQ? PQ - a definite Yes (unless you believe in heavy post processing) AQ- Yes, assuming you are going to connect it in HDMI pass through mode to a AV receiver If you intend to use analog out, you will need a good USB DAC as the analog out on the Rpi is quite poor On a more subjective note, I have developed quite a strong preference for the Rpi setup over the old windows based setup as it does not involve any tweaking/restarts/odd bug & hiccups - Just pick the remote and watch At the same time, it does not have the limitations of a hard coded media player box Cannot comment on Dolby True HD simply coz my own AV receiver is not equipped to process that so never tried On a side note, I strongly agree with Viveks' point above on using a NAS I personally discarded an old linux server box to switch to a separate Rpi based file server and have had no regrets since - Your existing USB HDDs would plug into it without a hiccup [/QUOTE]
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